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HOMOCATS and other queer zines

A new collection of zines in Special Collections offers inspiration for class assignments while helping to create a more diverse, inclusive environment at Furman.

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Music, food and cowboy garb help students Swing into Furman

The Furman University Student Activities Board (FUSAB) hosted its first event of the 2022-2023 academic year Friday, Sept. 2 on Furman Mall.

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Graduate program aims to improve health outcomes with focus on community needs

Mohammad Hooshmand Zaferanieh M’21 had always wanted to go into health care, but while getting his bachelor’s degree in biology in 2016, he took a hard look at the system he was about to devote...

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Professors, students and alumni bring a new play to the New York stage

In the middle of the night, on a rural highway just outside the small college town of Troy, Alabama, a retired college professor and her daughter encounter a naked man stumbling around their back yard....

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Furman Percussion Ensemble drums up international acclaim

Music Professor Omar Carmenates, director of the Furman Percussion Ensemble, almost didn’t pick up when his phone rang one Monday in June. “I saw the call was from Stillwater, Oklahoma,” he said, “and I don’t...

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In Literacy Corner, ‘the curriculum is the children’

Some call it EDRD-966: Advanced Practicum in Literacy Coaching. Others know it as Literacy Corner. Whatever the name, the month of June has been an adventure in reading, writing and teaching for eight Furman graduate...

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MayX Snapshot: Students seek the next generation of board games

This week, we’re highlighting courses from May Experience – a chance for students to explore topics beyond the typical academic year. COURSE: You Sank My Battleship! Board Game Analysis INSTRUCTOR: Chris Alvin, associate professor of...

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Dragonflies reveal clues about efficacy of forest remediation efforts

Furman University's Wade Worthen says ecosystems are a lot like any complex machine. Take a car, for example. “You pop the hood and start pulling out plugs and belts and cables, and your car is...

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Furman partners with USL W’s Greenville Liberty SC

Furman Director of Athletics Jason Donnelly announced today a new partnership between Furman Athletics and the USL W's Greenville Liberty SC expansion pre-professional women's soccer club. The partnership will allow the Liberty to use Furman's...

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Class of 2022 celebrates with family and community at Commencement

Read the commencement address by Cynthia L. Davis '84 Read the student address by Yunji Rosie Kim '22 2022 student and faculty awards 2022 Senior Spotlights View the archived livestream here By 5 p.m. Saturday,...

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Prize-winning idea aims to bring restaurant fare to campus

Like college students everywhere, Brooke Dominiak '23 had a craving for pizza one night. Two years later, that craving has morphed into a business start-up aimed at delivering food to hungry students who would rather...

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IACH to host 2022 Community Health Forum

People need services to thrive as they age, but what if there’s a shortage of those services in the community? Furman University is bringing together leaders in aging and healthcare policy at its 2022 Community...

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